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William Harvey

William Harvey

William Harvey is born in Folkestone, England.

April 1,1578

Harvey enrolled as a medical student at the University of Cambridge and won a scholarship

1593

William enrolled at the University of Padua in Italy at the age of 21 where he began performing dissections of animals and people

1599

Harvey graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from Padua and returned to England.

1602

Harvey joined the Royal College of Physicians

1604

Harvey marries Elizabeth Browne

1604

He became the head physician at the St. Bartholomew's Hospital

1607

Harvey became the College of Physicians' Lumleian Lecturer and taught surgeries

1615

William begins publicly sharing his ideas about the circulation of blood

1616

He became the physician of King James

1618

William Harvey published "De Moto Cordis"- The Motion Of the Heart. In this he became the first person to accurately describe the function of the heart and the circulation of blood in the body.

1628

Harvey became the physician to King Charles

1632

William Harvey died in London at the age of 79

June 3, 1657

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